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An Act relative to school choice

Reported by Joint Committee on Education  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5502  ·  Bill

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-06-15HouseReported from the committee on Education
2026-06-15HouseNew draft of H4867
2026-06-15HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-31HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5632
2026-07-31HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-07-31HouseRules suspended
2026-07-31HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-31HouseNew draft substituted, see H5632

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to school choiceHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Education (J)  ·  2026-06-05 11:30  ·  Should H.4867 be reported favorably as redrafted to the House?

favorable · 11

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-07-31 10:45  ·  H.5502 “An Act relative to school choice” as amended

favorable · 29

no action · 5

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftEducation (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.